backout is not inverse of ci?

Wed Nov 28 22:45:51 UTC 2007

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 04:46:35PM -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> It seems that ci has no problem with uncommitted changes (to other files),
> backout refuses, and doesn't even offer any option (AFAICT).
> 
> hg backout -r tip
> abort: outstanding uncommitted changes

Yep. For backout to work its magic, it needs a clean working
directory.

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